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Dog or cat from Bali (Indonesia) to Kenya: the rules

Possible. With nothing done yet, start at least about 6 months ahead. The main steps: microchip (or other permanent identification), rabies vaccination: first one at 3 months or older, at least 6 months before shipment and rabies vaccination within the last year and 5 more.

Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 11 official pages

Make my dated plan Reverse: Kenya → Bali (Indonesia)

In short

Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving Bali (Indonesia) publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Indonesia's Quarantine Agency (Barantin) describes taking a pet abroad in a short article (July 2026), on its export procedure page and in its 2024 regulation on quarantine procedures. They list the documents and steps but give no dates: no deadline for the online application, no wait after the vaccination or the antibody test, no minimum antibody level and no validity for the certificate. Ask the Barantin office at your airport or port of departure (WhatsApp +62 811-1920-336) before you travel.

Limited official guidance. The authority for entering Kenya publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Kenya's Directorate of Veterinary Services doesn't publish its import conditions on its own website. We follow the permit conditions published by the Embassy of Kenya in Spain (the same document is on the High Commission in Pretoria's site) and KenTrade's permit procedure. Other official texts say something different: the certificate Kenya agreed with the United States (2026) asks for no blood test and is valid for 30 days, while the Embassy of Kenya in Angola and the UK's certificate ask for a vet's certificate within 5 days of departure. The texts also disagree on how long the permit is valid (30 or 90 days), and none lists the rabies-free countries. The plan follows the strictest reading: confirm with the Directorate (infodvs@kilimo.go.ke) before you travel.

At a glance

The rules on this route are the same for dogs and cats.

How early to start

about 6 months

if your pet has no microchip or rabies vaccination yet

Set by: Rabies vaccination: first one at 3 months or older, at least 6 months before shipment (primary vaccination at least 6 months before shipment)

about 3 months

if it is already microchipped and vaccinated

Set by: Rabies blood test, 3 to 24 months before shipment (not less than 3 months and not more than 24 months before shipment)

The least time the official waiting periods allow. Vet, lab and paperwork appointments come on top.

On this route

  • Rabies blood test needed
  • Import permit needed
  • Tell the authority in advance

Part of this route is still under review, so we don’t say what it doesn’t need.

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Bali (Indonesia) → Kenya

What your pet needs

In the order you do them. Each step says whether Bali (Indonesia) (leaving) or Kenya (entering) asks for it.

Bringing a dog or cat into Kenya: we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

We haven’t verified the leaving side for Bali (Indonesia) yet: its official veterinary authority usually has to issue or endorse the health certificate.

  1. Get ready

    1. IdentificationEntering Kenya

      Microchip (or other permanent identification)

      Your pet must be identified by a permanent mark such as a microchip, and its number must be on the veterinary certificate. Not needed for a pet from a rabies-free country (see the warning).

      Details and the official words

      “Were identified by a permanent mark (such as a microchip) and their identification number shall be stated in the certificate or had any other adequate identification; and”

    2. VaccinationBali (Indonesia) and Kenya

      Rabies vaccination: first one at 3 months or older, at least 6 months before shipment

      Your pet's first (primary) rabies vaccination must be given when it is at least 3 months old, and at least 6 months (and at most 1 year) before shipment; a booster must be given at most 1 year before shipment. Use an inactivated vaccine or a recombinant vaccine. Not needed for a pet from a rabies-free country (see the warning).

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      The 6-month wait is in the permit conditions only. The Embassy of Kenya in Angola instead asks, for a pet vaccinated less than 6 months before departure, for a government vet's certificate that there has been no rabies within 50 km in the last 6 months, and the US certificate has no wait. The plan follows the permit conditions.

      Vaccination book with the rabies vaccination: Dogs and cats carry rabies (Barantin calls them HPR), so Barantin asks for your pet's vaccination book. Vaccinations can be given by the veterinary authority or an accredited vet.

      “Not less than 6 months and not more than one year prior to shipment in the case of a primary vaccination, which should have been carried out when the animals were at least 3 months old;”

      “With an inactivated virus vaccine or with a recombinant vaccine expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein; and”

      “Jika termasuk Hewan Pembawa Rabies (HPR) seperti kucing, anjing dan lainnya maka harus dilengkapi dengan buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibody rabies.”

      “Sedangkan untuk vaksinasi dan uji titer dapat dilakukan di laboratorium otoritas veteriner/ terakreditasi.”

    3. VaccinationEntering Kenya

      Rabies vaccination within the last year

      The latest rabies vaccination (the first one, or the last booster) must be at most 1 year before shipment. If it will be older on the day your pet leaves, give a booster before then.

      Details and the official words

      Add the date of your pet's most recent rabies shot to check this.

      “Not more than one year prior to shipment in the case of a booster vaccination;”

    4. Blood testBali (Indonesia) and Kenya

      Rabies blood test, 3 to 24 months before shipment

      Your pet needs a rabies antibody test (as set out in the World Organisation for Animal Health manual) with a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml, taken between 24 months and 3 months before shipment. Not needed for a pet from a rabies-free country (see the warning).

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      The blood test is in the permit conditions only: the Embassy of Kenya in Angola's list, the UK's certificate and the US certificate don't mention it. The plan keeps it; ask the Directorate of Veterinary Services whether your pet needs it.

      Rabies antibody test showing a protective level: Barantin asks for the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level, done at a veterinary authority or accredited laboratory, whatever the destination. It doesn't give the level, or how long after the vaccination the blood must be taken; 0.5 IU/ml is the usual international standard, but confirm with Barantin.

      “Were subjected not less than 3 months and not more than 24 months prior to shipment to an antibody test as prescribed in the OIE Terrestrial Manual with a positive result equivalent to at least 0.5 IU/ml;”

      “Hasil uji titer protektif antibody rabies.”

      “Jika termasuk Hewan Pembawa Rabies (HPR) seperti kucing, anjing dan lainnya maka harus dilengkapi dengan buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibody rabies.”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. PermitEntering Kenya

      Import permit (VS01) from the Directorate of Veterinary Services

      Apply online on KenTrade's Trade Facilitation Platform (TFP) for the import permit for dogs and cats (VS01), with a copy of your pet's vaccination certificate from its country of origin, and pay the processing fee (up to KES 500 per animal). The permit covers one consignment and travels with your pet. The permit conditions and the Embassy of Kenya in Angola say it is valid for at most 30 days; KenTrade's page says 90 days. The plan uses 30 days.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      Processing fee: KES 0 to 500 per animal (KenTrade's estimate), paid by M-PESA or at a bank.

      The application also asks for a Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) number.

      “This import permit shall be valid for a maximum of thirty (30) days and shall only be for one consignment.”

      “The permit is valid for thirty (30) days from the date of the issue and is only valid for one consignment.”

      “This import permit shall accompany the animal during importation.”

      “The import permit is processed through the Trade Facilitation Platform (TFP), and is issued per consignment. The permit is valid for a period of ninety (90) days.”

      “Vaccination certificate (copy)”

      “KES 0 - KES 500 per animal”

    2. PaperworkBali (Indonesia) and Kenya

      International veterinary certificate, dated at most 48 hours before departure

      Your pet travels with an international veterinary certificate, dated no more than 48 hours before it boards, stating that it showed no sign of rabies (on the day of shipment and in the 48 hours before) and is clinically free of other contagious and infectious diseases and of internal and external parasites. It also states the microchip number and the rabies vaccination and blood test.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      48 hours is the permit conditions' limit. The Embassy of Kenya in Angola and the UK's certificate say 5 days before departure, and the US certificate is valid for 30 days. The plan uses the shortest.

      Barantin Animal Health Certificate at the airport or port: Report and hand your pet over to the quarantine officers at the official airport or port for the quarantine check, at the latest before it is loaded onto the plane or ship. If your pet meets the requirements and is free of quarantine animal diseases, Barantin issues the Animal Health Certificate. The examination costs 10,000 rupiah per dog or cat and the certificate 5,000 rupiah (Finance Minister Regulation 27/2024); other quarantine services cost extra.

      “No canine or feline animal shall be imported into Kenya from any country unless accompanied by an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animal:”

      “Showed no clinical sign of rabies on the day of shipment;”

      “Showed no clinical sign of rabies within 48 hours of shipment;”

      “Is clinically free of symptoms of any other contagious and infectious disease and internal and external parasites, the certificate being dated not more than 48 hours before embarkation;”

      “which must be accompanied by a veterinary health certificate from the country of origin to ascertain that the animals are healthy and disease free.”

      “Melaporkan dan menyerahkan anabul kepada petugas karantina di bandara/ pelabuhan resmi, untuk keperluan tindakan karantina hewan,”

      “Jika setelah tindakan karantina hewan, anabul memenuhi persyaratan dan bebas HPHK maka diterbitkan Animal Health Certificate,”

      “Untuk biaya PNBP dapat dicek pada Peraturan Menteri Keuangan No. 27 th 2024”

      “yang diterbitkan oleh Dokter Hewan Karantina di Tempat Pengeluaran.”

      “paling lambat sebelum Media Pembawa HPHK dinaikkan ke atas alat angkut.”

    3. PaperworkLeaving Bali (Indonesia)

      Veterinary certificate from the national veterinary authority, and disease test results

      Get a veterinary certificate issued by Indonesia's national veterinary authority and the results of any tests for animal disease agents, to hand to Barantin with your application.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      The pet article lists the veterinary certificate and the disease test results for every pet. Barantin's general export procedure asks for them when the destination requires them, and its 2024 regulation says the other documents 'can be' a veterinary certificate, disease test results or a treatment. Ask Barantin which tests your destination needs.

      “Sertifikat veteriner yang diterbitkan oleh otoritas veteriner nasional,”

      “Hasil pengujian kausa penyakit hewan,”

      “Menyerahkan dokumen apabila dipersyaratkan negara tujuan, dapat berupa”

      “Pengeluaran Hewan dan Produk Hewan dari dalam wilayah Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia dapat berupa sertifikat veteriner, hasil pengujian kausa penyakit Hewan, atau perlakuan.”

    4. NoticeLeaving Bali (Indonesia)

      Report the trip through Barantin's PTK Online

      Report your plan to take the pet out of Indonesia through PTK Online (ptk.karantinaindonesia.go.id), registering an account first if you don't have one, and upload the veterinary certificate, the disease test results, the vaccination book and the antibody test result. You follow the application and pay the fees (PNBP) by e-billing in PTK Online, never to a personal account.

      Details and the official words

      Barantin's regulation 14/2024 (Article 2) asks for the plan to take a live animal out to be sent online 'paling lama 2 (dua) hari sebelum Pemasukan atau Pengeluaran' (2 days before export), and Article 3 lets Barantin start its checks up to 2 days after you report and hand over the animal. We read this as: apply at least 2 days ahead, and hand your pet over in good time. We haven't added a deadline: ask Barantin.

      “Pemilik/ pengirim melaporkan rencana pengeluaran hewan melalui PTK online (ptk.karantinaindonesia.go.id), jika belum memiliki akun, silakan dapat melakukan pendaftaran terlebih dahulu,”

      “Menyerahkan dokumen yang dipersyaratkan yaitu : sertifikat veteriner, hasil pengujian kausa penyakit hewan, buku vaksin, dan hasil uji titer protektif antibody rabies,”

      “Seluruh proses permohonan karantina dapat dimonitor melalui PTK Online, juga untuk pembayaran Penerimaan Negara Bukan Pajak (PNBP) dilakukan melalui e-billing, bukan ke rekening pribadi.”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. TransportEntering Kenya

      Fly as manifest cargo, not in the cabin or as checked baggage

      Your pet must travel to Kenya as manifest cargo in the aircraft's freight compartment, not in the passenger cabin or as excess baggage. Book this with your airline.

      Details and the official words

      “Animals entering Kenya should travel as Manifest Cargo and use the Freight Compartment of the aircraft. They should not travel as baggage-cargo or in passenger cabins.”

    2. TransportEntering Kenya

      Certificate from the captain that your pet stayed on board and apart

      Your pet needs a certificate from the captain of the aircraft (or ship, or the driver) stating that it didn't leave the craft between boarding and arrival in Kenya and was kept apart from other dogs and cats throughout the journey. Ask your airline's cargo office to provide it.

      Details and the official words

      “The animal shall be accompanied by a certificate from the captain of the ship or aircraft or driver of a vessel in which the animal traveled to Kenya certifying that the animal has not left the vessel between the place of embarkation and the place of entry into Kenya, and has been isolated from all other canine and feline animals throughout the journey.”

Good to know

  • A pet that has lived since birth, or for the 6 months before shipment, in a rabies-free country (as defined by the World Organisation for Animal Health) doesn't need the microchip, rabies vaccination and blood test steps below. Kenya doesn't publish a list of these countries, so the plan keeps the steps: ask the Directorate of Veterinary Services if your country counts.
  • A pet that isn't vaccinated against rabies, or doesn't meet the microchip, vaccination and blood test conditions, may be placed in a quarantine station in Kenya for up to 6 months, at the owner's cost.
  • Kenya's official texts don't agree. The permit conditions (followed here) ask for a blood test, a first vaccination at least 6 months before shipment and a certificate dated at most 48 hours before boarding. The Embassy of Kenya in Angola asks instead for a vet's certificate signed at most 5 days before departure and, for a pet vaccinated less than 6 months before departure, a government vet's certificate that there has been no rabies within 50 km of its home in the last 6 months; the UK's certificate for Kenya also uses 5 days. Follow what your permit says, and ask the Directorate of Veterinary Services if in doubt.
  • Arriving by land (or anywhere other than Nairobi by air or Mombasa by sea)? Report your pet to the nearest veterinary office within 3 days of arrival.
  • Your pet must also meet any other technical requirements of the destination country's authority. Barantin issues the export certificate only when the pet meets the requirements and is free of quarantine animal diseases. If your pet travels in the cabin, check the airline's own rules and fees.
  • Leaving from Bali: Bali's 2010 governor regulation on moving rabies-carrying animals forbids moving dogs and cats kept as pets (a 'commercial' purpose in its terms) out of a regency or city in Bali where rabies is present, whether to an area with rabies or without. It doesn't say whether this covers taking your own pet abroad, or which areas count as having rabies today. Ask Bali's agriculture office (Dinas Pertanian dan Ketahanan Pangan) and the Barantin office at the airport before you plan the trip.
  • Guide, assistance and emotional support animals (at most 2) travel as the owner's baggage under Barantin's 2024 baggage rules. Leaving Indonesia, they need a health certificate if the destination country asks for one.

Money

What it costs

Government fees exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Bali (Indonesia) publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.

Government fees on this route

Government fees in total: 15,000 IDR (each currency separately)

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

No published prices yet for Bali (Indonesia): microchip, rabies vaccination, health certificate (vet’s fee).

Prices that businesses publish on their own pages, quoted as we read them; yours can differ. Ranges are the lowest to highest of these examples, never our estimate. How we collect prices

Airline fees aren’t included: check your airline’s pet page.

Round trip

Coming back to Bali (Indonesia)

Bali doesn't allow pet dogs or cats to be brought in from outside the island. Its rabies regulation forbids bringing in rabies-carrying animals (dogs, cats, monkeys and similar) from outside Bali except for religious ceremonies, state security, science or conservation, and the governor's rules count keeping an animal as your own pet as a commercial purpose, which is forbidden from outside the island. Ask Bali's agriculture office (Dinas Pertanian dan Ketahanan Pangan) if you believe an exception applies to you.

Every step from Kenya to Bali (Indonesia)

Where this comes from

Official sources

Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-13.

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Questions owners ask

Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Bali (Indonesia) to Kenya?

Yes: Your pet needs a rabies antibody test (as set out in the World Organisation for Animal Health manual) with a result of at least 0.5 IU/ml, taken between 24 months and 3 months before shipment.

Do I need an import permit to bring my dog or cat into Kenya?

Yes: Apply online on KenTrade's Trade Facilitation Platform (TFP) for the import permit for dogs and cats (VS01), with a copy of your pet's vaccination certificate from its country of origin, and pay the processing fee (up to KES 500 per animal).

Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Kenya?

We couldn't find this in our summary of the rules, but that summary is short and still under review. Ask the official authority before you rely on it.

How early should I start preparing my pet for Bali (Indonesia) to Kenya?

With nothing done yet, start at least about 6 months ahead. The main steps: microchip (or other permanent identification), rabies vaccination: first one at 3 months or older, at least 6 months before shipment and rabies vaccination within the last year and 5 more.

Every rule here is quoted from the official page and checked word for word; not legal advice. How we verify · Report a mistake

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